<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Guns</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/guns/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:24:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Sandia’s New Smart Bullet</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/31/sandias-new-smart-bullet/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/31/sandias-new-smart-bullet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:29:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ammo and Munitions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Alamos and Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16283</guid> <description><![CDATA[In case you haven’t seen it, Sandia National Labs is working on a self-guided bullet for small arms that can hit targets a mile away. Kinda like a small version of the Army’s Excalibur smart artillery round. The four-inch, dart-like round uses tiny fins and an optical sensor in its nose to follow a laser [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/31/sandias-new-smart-bullet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>74</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pic of the Day: Battlefield Hookah</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/25/pic-of-the-day-battlefield-hookah/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/25/pic-of-the-day-battlefield-hookah/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:39:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15131</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here’s a great picture of a Libyan rebel straight chillin and smoking a hookah while a truck-mounted anti-aircraft gun roars away behind him. Sometimes you just gotta smoke some shisha. Congrats to the rebels on winning the fight against Gadhafi. Let’s hope Libyan can now become a stable, functioning country that respects human rights.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/25/pic-of-the-day-battlefield-hookah/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>96</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ATK’s Light Gunship Package</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/19/atks-light-gunship-package/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/19/atks-light-gunship-package/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15049</guid> <description><![CDATA[A few years ago I helped break the story that Air Force Special Operations Command wanted to turn twin-engine, C-27J cargo planes into a “gunship lite” to bolster the command’s fleet of aging AC-130 gunships. AFSOC was all about the idea for a while until budgeteers nixed the gunship lite proposal in FY 2010 and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/19/atks-light-gunship-package/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>40</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The U.S.’ Post 9/11 Weapons Tech</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:04:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drone Bombing Campaign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IED War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MRAP Edge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Net-Centric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14408</guid> <description><![CDATA[Being part of Military.com, it wouldn’t be right if we here at DT didn’t do something to recognize the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. We figured we’d list off some of the most significant advances in weaponry that have occurred over the last decade — some driven by the wars spawned by that day, some independent of them. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>26</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tip of the Spear: Riverines’ GAU-17 Minigun</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/01/tip-of-the-spear-riverines-gau-17-minigun/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/01/tip-of-the-spear-riverines-gau-17-minigun/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:56:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13848</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out this latest installment of Military.com’s Tip of the Spear video series featuring sailors from Detachment 2 of the U.S. Navy’s Riverine Squadron 3 showing off the six-barreled, electronically-controlled GAU-17 minigun found on their armored Riverine Patrol Boats. Enjoy.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/01/tip-of-the-spear-riverines-gau-17-minigun/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BAE Putting Lasers on Mk 38 Naval Gun</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/25/bae-putting-lasers-on-mk-38-naval-gun/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/25/bae-putting-lasers-on-mk-38-naval-gun/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:59:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ammo and Munitions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13776</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, BAE Systems and Boeing have teamed up to add lethal lasers to the already tricked out Mk 38 chain gun system used for close-in defense on U.S. Navy ships. In March, BAE — maker of the MK 38 system (shown above) — recieved a contract to build a demo laser system to show that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/25/bae-putting-lasers-on-mk-38-naval-gun/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>57</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ATK Building Next-Gen Abrams Ammo</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/11/atk-building-next-gen-abrams-ammo/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/11/atk-building-next-gen-abrams-ammo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:57:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Armor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Artillery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13634</guid> <description><![CDATA[FYI, the all-round big gun experts at ATK have neen chosen by the Army to make the next generation of 120mm ammo for the venerable M1A2 Abrams tank. The latest version of the tank’s main gun ammunition is designed to penetrate the explosive “reactive armor“found on modern main battle tanks as well as being effective [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/11/atk-building-next-gen-abrams-ammo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>64</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>France Arming Libyan Rebels</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/29/france-arming-libyan-rebels/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/29/france-arming-libyan-rebels/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:48:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ammo and Munitions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contingency Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13503</guid> <description><![CDATA[So it looks like NATO has begun arming the Libyan rebels, or at least the French have. Makes me wonder if this tricked out FN2000 (shown above) was really seized from a Gadhafi loyalist, or was it provided by the French? From AFP: The French military confirmed June 29 that it had air-dropped “light weapons” earlier this [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/29/france-arming-libyan-rebels/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>53</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Libyan Rebels’ DIY Weapons Factory, Robots and All</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/14/libyan-rebels-diy-weapons-factory-robots-and-all/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/14/libyan-rebels-diy-weapons-factory-robots-and-all/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:54:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ammo and Munitions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13295</guid> <description><![CDATA[Take a look at this video by Al Jazeera TV showing the Libyan rebels increasingly sophisticated ability to jerry-rig weapons. We see everything from machine guns scavenged from Gadhafi’s fighter planes mounted on pickup trucks to remotely fired guns slaved to targeting cameras. The wildest invention is a machine gun mounted on a remotely controlled [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/14/libyan-rebels-diy-weapons-factory-robots-and-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Libyan Rebels Mount APC Gun Turret on Pickup</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/13/libyan-rebels-mount-apc-gun-turret-on-pickup/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/13/libyan-rebels-mount-apc-gun-turret-on-pickup/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:34:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Armor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Artillery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contingency Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crazy Ivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13271</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ok, this is wild. Libyan rebels have taken their Mad Max technical pickup trucks to a new level. The video above shows rebels firing what appears to be the turret-mounted 2A28 Grom gun of a Soviet-designed BMP-1 armored personnel carrier from the back of a pickup. Yes, the entire gun turret has been mounted on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/13/libyan-rebels-mount-apc-gun-turret-on-pickup/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>30</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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